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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harold Harmbe (ranked 2836 p4p, 397 weight class) and Lewis Rampage (ranked 4479 p4p, 563 weight class). Harmbe comes to the cage accompanied by Boosie Badazz - No Juice. Harold Harmbe has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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226 lbs
17 - 12 - 1 |
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180 cm
42
190 lbs
19 - 17 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Harold Harmbe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Lewis Rampage!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harmbe throws a leg kick
and Rampage counters with a shoot takedown. Harmbe fights it but they end up in guard.
Rampage trying to control the position from guard on top but Harmbe is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rampage engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Rampage looking to sit in guard and control but Harmbe gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Harmbe pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rampage is keeping the position for now.
Harmbe lands a couple of decent looking shots.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harmbe is in close to Rampage's body, working some short punches and elbows.
We've been hearing good reports from Harmbe's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Rampage preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Harmbe with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rampage is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Harmbe controlling from the top position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rampage can do anything to dispel that myth.
Rampage looking to hit a scissor sweep but Harmbe is one step ahead there.
Harmbe has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Harmbe lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Rampage not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Harmbe lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Harmbe missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Harmbe working some strikes from top position.
Harmbe lands a couple of elbows.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Harmbe accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Harmbe postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Harmbe looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harmbe throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harmbe engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Harmbe trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Rampage avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Harmbe slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Harmbe throws a big elbow that misses.
Harmbe's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Rampage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Harmbe with a hook.
Rampage fails with a takedown attempt.
Harold Harmbe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rampage tries to move into range but Harmbe moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A punch lands to the side of Rampage 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Harmbe throws out a loose jab but Rampage uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harmbe connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Rampage momentarily.
Rampage takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Harmbe throws an off balance right hand
so Rampage counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Harmbe managing to control the position.
Rampage with a flurry of punches that miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harold Harmbe dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Harmbe scores with a hook to the body. Rampage takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Rampage tries to move into range but Harmbe moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Harmbe misses with a body shot.
Harmbe keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
An attempted straight right counter from Harmbe misses the target.
A jab from Harmbe misses.
Harmbe lands a body shot.
Rampage fails with a takedown attempt.
Harmbe throws a shot from downtown. Rampage moves away and avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harmbe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rampage.
As Harmbe backs off Rampage throws a huge counter combo but Harmbe manages to avoid it all.
Harmbe getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Harold Harmbe is winning the standup battle so far.
Harmbe lands a jab to the nose.
Harmbe waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rampage.
Harmbe is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Rampage shoots in for a double leg but Harmbe sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Harold Harmbe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lewis Rampage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rampage on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Harmbe's jab looks to have found its range, popping Rampage under the eye.
Rampage takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Harmbe pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Rampage back to the cage. Harmbe follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Rampage is rocked!
Rampage gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Harmbe counters with a left and a right... and another left... and another!! That last one turned off the lights! Rampage has no idea who he is and is as he gazes up at the spotlights. Brutal knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Harold Harmbe!
After winning the bout, Harold Harmbe thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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